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Gainlab Audio’s announcement for The NAMM Show 2026 was a new high-quality headphone amp, which interestingly, comes in the form of a double-width 500-series module.
This clever dual‑channel, dual‑slope optical compressor is different from the rest...
With their new monitor controller, Gainlab Audio have taken the clever step of building in a trio of power outputs that can be manually or automatically sequenced from its desktop remote.
Gainlab's latest outboard processor has been designed to provide users with a versatile saturation device capable of adding some analogue warmth to individual tracks, buses or full mixes.
Gainlab’s channel strip delivers high‑quality valvetube preamplification and optical compression, along with some interesting tone‑shaping options.
Gainlab Audio’s latest unit builds upon the dual-slope concept employed in their Bishop compressor, as well as offering a version of the Tube Boost function found in the Empress EQ.
Gainlab Audio have released Dictator Graphite, a limited edition version of their stereo valve compressor.
Gainlab Audio's latest device couples a valve microphone preamp with an optical compressor that features an interesting "double slope" design.
Hungarian company Gainlab impressed us with their Dictator compressor, so we were looking forward to putting their EQ through its paces.
Hungarian outboard makers launch twin-channel version of their classy Dictator stereo compressor.
